LibraTree

This is the LibraTree in context: standing in the centre of a library.

When you walk past, a keyboard slides out.

Scan your library card to go to your personal page.

The lights in the branches will lead you to any book or other product.

In the third module of Creative Technology we had to do an ideation project. We had to work with an external client, coming up with a solution to their problem. Together with my project group, I worked for Rijnbrink in collaboration with de Bibliotheek West-Achterhoek. The problem at hand was the lack of enough librarians to man every library, especially the smaller ones. To "replace" the librarian, we thought of a tree containing all information about the library in the form of an electronical system. Leaf shaped lamps in the branches will light up when a book or place in the library is chosen and will lead visitors towards their indicated location. The tree also contains other features, like a sliding out keyboard when people pass by and a scanner for library cards. If visitors still get lost while using the tree, they also have the opportunity to call a central librarian. This way, the tree can help anyone find their way through the library.
(created in April 2018)